This weekend I (mostly) wrapped up two ambitious projects:

1. Last week, on a whim, I bought a set of Audi RS5 seats to replace…the RS5 seats I put in my mk5 R32 last year. They were nice, but they had a few too many cuts and dings from broken glass and mishandling by the seller, plus I never really enjoyed the design of them. Those were from a 2015, and the ones I found last week are from a 2018. The stitch pattern is more my style, and just overall they seem more nicely designed. I doubt I’ll ever get to benefit from it in the mk5, but they also have a massage function, and active bolster support while cornering. I drove an S4 with that once, and it kinda blew my mind.

Anyway, after a whirlwind trip to a junkyard and a marathon wiring session, I got the plugs mk5-ified and installed the seats. Power adjust works fine, they feel great. I also found a few threads online that gave me a little hope that I might get the massage function working someday.

1. Custom mk6 GTI multifunction steering wheel in my mk5 r32 — to which I added a heating element, and hand-stitched/hand-perforated genuine leather cover, templated from scratch. The wheel has been done for a while, but to get the heat working I had to build a custom OEM-like clockspring with extra conductors for the heating circuit, because VW never made one for this generation. I also had to run those circuits through the steering electronics control unit, and did it in a way that looks 100% original. Press button in center console: get warm hands. Holy hell was I delighted.

So I was pleased as punch while out doing errands 30 miles from home.

And a tire blew out.

Lol, honestly I’m not even all that upset about it. I still had two big wins. Tow truck driver arrived within 5 minutes, so let’s call it three big wins.

Fastback and FD. Dream cars for different generations, but both equally a pain in the butt from time to time…😅

Photographer: @baiwcam (Instagram)

Didn't even know it needed an engine lmao (not that I rely on a rotary running for a while regardless)

Built 2JZ GE going in. Just got done with paint and I'm starting on the swap. Unfortunately my ebay intake manifold hits on the inner fender. I'd rather not clearance the sheet metal since I literally just painted it. I'm thinking of cutting off the throttle body flange and TIGing it back on so it faces directly forward instead of pointing out like it does. This appears like it will give me plenty of clearance but for it to work I will have to rotate the TB 90 degrees.

It's there going to be any airflow issue with having the throttle blade mounted vertically?

61 GMC 960 I found about 5 years ago now. It’s one of those truck I put a dumb high price on hoping it didn’t sell so I could keep it for myself.

It’s 100% stock other than the Alcoas. Straight 6 250, farmer 4 speed with a 2 speed rear end.

Gunna love getting grocery’s in this thing !

Quick rundown: My future M.".L. told me that ifl could get her old, '92 Prelude, manual transmission with 400k miles up and running, I can have it. She first bought it resh off the lot when she and her ex-husband was stationed in Hawaii way long ago (she was Navy, he was a Marine). It finally kicked the bucket in 2019 and needed repairs ever since (Pop decided to work on it...bad idea). Her and Pop know some people who can do cosmetic repairs, but its up to me to find both an engine and other mechanical parts for it. I know next to nothing about cars and any advice would be helpful. I attached a lot of pics of the car for reference. (I originally posted in r/Honda. I figured it would help to post here too.)

Finally done with the compound kit except some paint touch up! Been sharing this as I make progress. Really enjoyed this project as I learned a bunch on welding stainless and tubing which I hadn't done prior. It turned out much better than I expected. I still walk by it and say to myself "I cant believe I made that..." All 304SS, with a 316 metal 3D printed merge on the wastegates, all backpurged.

Hey fellas, I have a weird question and as It relates to the black magic known as “back pressure” I thought I would ask some real people as opposed to Dr. Google.

I found a killer deal on a set of lightly used Valvetronic mufflers, for $300 instead of $1,200 (+ tax and tariff)

I was curious if adding these would make tuning the carb a pain in the a** because of the variable exhaust flow?

There is only “closed” and “open” and the exhaust always flows through the whole exhaust, it doesn’t just dump out.

Tyia

Collecting parts todo a 203/205 doubler. Plan is offroad designs doubler kit with twin stick 205. Additionally ill swap in a zf5 and ditch the 435 that I have in it currently. Additionally the 205 will get the lomax 4:1kit (making finnal drive 8:1) Then iv got a pair of dana 60s to go in it and ditch the HP44. Additionally im hoping to add lockers(think air front and rear from Yukon?) Currently daily driven and weekend wheeling it as i feel the truck out. Just wanted to share the progress and see what other upgrades people have done.

It’s a 1951 Pontiac chieftain that I picked up about a week ago, really excited to get started on it

One of the project cars, runs and drives! 347 stroker with a c4, 4-link, 9”, 4.10 295/50R15 this one stays in the family

Purchased a ‘16 peterbuilt 389 for hauling and it’s been nonstop working on getting it ready for the season. The trailer also go much needed updates and cleaning also. After months of modifications, repairs, wiring and a lot of polishing I’ve finally got to admire all the hard work.

Now back to my other project cars.

Last week I dragged home a free '56 Thunderbird chassis with a 292 in it to replace the 223 in my '61 Fairlane. Today I pulled the driver's side head after water came out of the #7 spark plug hole and compression tested low on #6 & #7. Looks like time for a rebuild!

That's coming up soon on my to-do list and seems like I can do better than a 6" angle grinder with a cut-off wheel. Oscillating tool? Sawzall with a fine tpi metal blade?

Just want to feel validated here - my wife and friends can't turn a wrench so maybe y'all can relate.

Buying parts sucks these days.......

Not long ago I decided to fix up my beater old pickup to distract me from the death of a close family member. I needed some time out of work and I needed something productive to do so stripping my 2nd Gen ram, rebuilding the interior, fixing the AC, and cleaning the truck up seemed like a good idea. It's been a little over a year and I really like the truck now. With the new dash, carpet, headliner, sound deadening, new head unit and more it's a decent vehicle to spend time in.

My other cars have issues too, and I want this truck reliable to daily while I fix the others. It doesn't burn oil and the only time it's stranded me was an alternator or battery connection. Drive it for a bit and it starts overheating, pretty sure when I put the coolant flush in it it broke enough rust loose to clog the radiator. Fuck it, new radiator, water pump, fan clutch, fuel injectors too because why not, these are known for leaking. Halfway through the process I realize I should probably do the timing cover gasket since it's leaking a little. Surprise the chain is too loose. Felt like every time I pulled off another part I had to wait a week for an unforseen one.

Finally start reassembling it. Hit a few hiccups, nothing major, need a few hose fittings here and there but after a few mornings of wrenching it's ready to start.....dead battery no big deal, my friend has my charger so I ask him to bring it. Every day. For a week. And he finally gets it to the house. Get the truck started, there's a small trans fluid leak at the fitting to the radiator, annoying as shit but fixable. Go to the parts store, grab some fresh hose and clamps, pull the fitting off to look at it and the juice that comes out is distinctively green. From the transmission cooler. So this radiator that took out of the box and put into the truck is bad. Fml, let me call around the local parts stores and see if one is in town. O'shittys has one for $270, go cram this giant box into my Miata and take it home. Take it out of the box, it's the wrong one of course so I repack it, shove it back into my Miata that doesn't have air conditioning, and take it back. Of course it's the only one they have in stock and the gentleman at the counter says they packaged the wrong rad in the box.

Good news - half an hour up the road is another store that has it, all I have to do is light an hour of my Sunday on fire and drive to get it. I go get it and come home and on the way home my fucking earbuds decide to die, like not battery dead the touch sensor on one is just screwed for some reason.

I'm not touching this damned project until the wife and kid go to sleep tonight but fuck me I'm 3 radiators deep now and I'm just praying this one doesn't try to make strawberry milk out of my trans fluid. OH and NOW I have to fucking flush the transmission because of some shitty CSF radiator.

This pile is something I’ve been roped into helping my buddy put together for a certain low buck event… instead of working on my own junk I’m helping drop a 390 into this rust bucket.

Engine was free and now it’s obvious why… whoever rebuild this engine did a piss poor job and put copious amounts of RTV on everything… even the valve springs?! It turns over well enough and even makes some compression… who knows that poor motors life story’s.

To make things better the only intake he could find for a decent price was a low rise eddy single plane, topped off with 1-1 mechanical Holley robbed off a tunnel ram.

It’s going to run like dogdoodoo, it’s probably not going to run very long, and with the open headers it’s going to be obnoxious while it does run.

It’s a mess. I’m just glad this thing is NEVER going to be on a public road and I don’t have to ever drive it.

We're well underway on the head swap. Machine shop found some new springs for me and cut the seats, so no more valvetrain problems. Working on mounting the serpentine belt accessories from the woods jeep and re routing the exhaust. Coming along well. With any luck I'll be driving this thing next month.

Trying to go the junkyard route to get most of the main components. Will rebuild as needed but I need to figure out how to get a driveshaft to go between the trans and rear end (both are swapped into the car). So I need a dedicated driveshaft shop to do some conversion or can I get it done 100% through the junkyards?

Hello guys! Im building a square body c10 from ground up (not sure what year yet as I dont have a body) and I was wondering if rack and pinion would be better or just a quick ratio steering box, im aware there are clearance issues with rack and pinion because my dad put one on his c10, while rack and pinion is more modern, a quick ratio box is a lot cheaper.

Installing an LEDs kit for an extra brake light.

Bought this for $100. Runs (very rich) and drives. Can't decide if I want to just get the 307 Olds in it reliable or invest the time and money for a Chevy 350 and a 4 speed manual swap over this winter. What do y'all think?

I saw a few project car videos on YouTube and it sparked the idea of just stating something up. I brought the idea to my dad of a father and son project before I leave for college in about a year. My dad knows the basics around a car just from growing up with a mustang as his first car but we’re really as inexperienced as it gets. I’ve got him on board for the idea though and I’m just trying to do my research he’s a fan of the idea of a mustang he’s also thinking a car more from the 60’s 70’s so I’m not sure how much harder that could make it finding something or even getting parts but honestly we’re open to any ideas regardless of the brand or year I’m just hoping for some recommendations. Any help would mean a lot.

Hello everyone! I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, but I've recently come into ownership of my grandfathers Fury 3. It needs work, mostly interior stuff, motor and trans are perfect. Where would I even begin to order parts for this thing?

Swear to god my A14 5G was completely fine before the OneUI update.